{"id":21606,"date":"2026-09-15T03:40:31","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T03:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/15\/how-to-park-in-athens-without-receiving-a-fine-greek-city-times\/"},"modified":"2026-09-15T03:40:31","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T03:40:31","slug":"how-to-park-in-athens-without-receiving-a-fine-greek-city-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/15\/how-to-park-in-athens-without-receiving-a-fine-greek-city-times\/","title":{"rendered":"How to park in Athens without receiving a fine? \u2013 Greek City Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-first=\"M\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mayor <strong>Haris Doukas<\/strong>\u2019s City Hall still runs paid street parking through <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=gr.citizen.pass&amp;hl=en&amp;pli=1\"><strong>myAthensPass<\/strong><\/a>. Use the app, sit only in a visitor bay, stay inside the time limit, and keep out of resident spaces. That is how you avoid the ticket.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The app was built by DAEM, the Municipality of Athens IT company. More than 100,000 drivers use it; the city records over 3,000 app sessions a day. It is free, in Greek and English, on the App Store and Google Play.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What the markings mean<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>White lines and a P69 \u201cpaid parking\u201d sign: visitor bays. Pay here.<\/li>\n<li>Blue lines and a residents sign: permit holders only, day and night, all year.<\/li>\n<li>Yellow lines: special use. Not spare visitor parking.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Visitor rules<br \/>Controlled hours are Monday\u2013Friday 09:00\u201321:00 and Saturday 09:00\u201316:00. Outside those hours, and on Sundays, visitor bays are unpaid. Resident bays are never free for non-residents. Maximum stay in a visitor space is three hours.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prices<br \/>30 min \u20ac0.50 \u00b7 60 min \u20ac1 \u00b7 90 min \u20ac1.50 \u00b7 120 min \u20ac2 \u00b7 150 min \u20ac4 \u00b7 180 min \u20ac6.<br \/>Disability-badge vehicles park free in visitor bays. Free parking for electric cars in controlled zones ended in January 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How to use myAthensPass<\/p>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Install the app.<\/li>\n<li>Create an account.<\/li>\n<li>Add a debit, credit or prepaid card in the wallet.<\/li>\n<li>Top up between \u20ac0.50 and \u20ac20.<\/li>\n<li>On the map, choose your spot, pick 30\u2013180 minutes, enter the plate with no spaces or dashes (Greek or foreign plates both work) and start the session.<\/li>\n<li>A notification arrives ten minutes before expiry. Extend from the phone if you are still inside the three-hour cap.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can schedule a session to start automatically at 09:00 if you arrive before controlled hours. Payment also exists at authorised kiosks (POS) and via scratch cards. Enforcement checks plates against the digital ticket.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How people still get fined<br \/>A blue resident bay. More than three hours in a visitor bay. The car stopped and the session not started. The plate typed wrong. Assuming <strong>Parkout<\/strong>, the city\u2019s crowdsourced finder, covers the historic centre \u2014 it does not. Parkout is for neighbourhoods outside paid zones. In Plaka, Kolonaki, Exarchia, the commercial triangle and the Acropolis area, myAthensPass is the system that counts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under Mayor Haris Doukas the rule is unchanged: white bay, app on, three hours max.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">READ MORE: <strong>How many car manufacturers do Greece and Turkey have?<\/strong><\/p>\n<footer class=\"article-tags entry-footer\">\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"category_container author-information\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<section id=\"authorpage\" class=\"authorpage\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e431a0aaf2dcb7e221a3bd95d4b4996106e91f12afa178bba01dd45d1cdacc01?s=164&amp;r=g\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e431a0aaf2dcb7e221a3bd95d4b4996106e91f12afa178bba01dd45d1cdacc01?s=328&amp;r=g 2x\" class=\"avatar avatar-164 photo lazyload\" height=\"164\" width=\"164\" decoding=\"async\"\/>\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"author-content\">\n<h5>Athens Bureau<\/h5>\n<p>Athens Bureau is Greek City Times\u2019 news desk in Athens, reporting on Greek politics, society, economy, culture, and breaking national news for readers in Greece and the diaspora.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fa-solid fa-link\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/2026\/09\/15\/how-to-park-in-athens-without-a-fine-2026\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mayor Haris Doukas\u2019s City Hall still runs paid street parking through myAthensPass. Use the app, sit only in a visitor bay, stay inside the time limit, and keep out of resident spaces. That is how you avoid the ticket. The app was built by DAEM, the Municipality of Athens IT company. 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